Manpower availability: males age 15-49 9,851,980; males fit for
military service 6,640,348; males reach military age (18) annually
349,599 (1995 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $1.2 billion (1992
est.)

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COMOROS

@Comoros:Geography

Location: Southern Africa, group of islands in the Mozambique Channel, about two-thirds of the way between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique

Map references: Africa

Area:
total area: 2,170 sq km
land area: 2,170 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than 12 times the size of Washington,
DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 340 km